differential calculus

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Noun differential calculus has 1 sense

differential calculus(n = noun.cognition) method of fluxions - the part of calculus that deals with the variation of a function with respect to changes in the independent variable (or variables) by means of the concepts of derivative and differential; Array

is a kind of calculus, infinitesimal calculus

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